Gulf states’ austerity will hit foreign workers

Foreign workers are under economic and cultural pressure, but there are compensations

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Iran’s foreign investors will hang back

The government is proposing currency reform, and has signed an exploratory deal with an international oil major

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Overall fiscal balance (including grants) in 2017 (as % if GDP)

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Erdogan's increasing authoritarianism plus growing nationalism may lead to large-scale human rights abuses

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With modest growth prospects in view, the government is reviewing alternative economic strategies

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Economic growth in the three Baltic states has diverged somewhat, with Estonia lagging behind Latvia and Lithuania

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The fallout from the Brexit referendum will continue to dominate UK politics and economics

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Fiscal and current account balances, estimates and projections, 2005-21 (% of GDP). Estimates start after 2014

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Weak trade and productivity, along with high debt levels and policy limitations, cloud the global economic outlook

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Tourist numbers fell for the 14th month in a row in September, the fifth successive month in which the fall exceeded 30%

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